AI & jobs · Country profile

Puerto Rico

High income Capital: San Juan 1 regions

40%

of jobs are in occupations exposed to generative AI. That's about 463K people.

MODEL4th of 183 most exposed World 21%High income 35%

Key numbers

Workers in exposed jobsMODEL

463K

of 1.2M in work

Highest-exposure jobsMODEL

9.6%

111K people

People in workILO

1.2M

47% women

UnemploymentWORLD BANK

6.0%

2025

Youth unemploymentWORLD BANK

14.0%

ages 15–24

GDP per capitaWORLD BANK

$40,620

US$, 2025

Internet usersWORLD BANK

87%

of population

AI preparednessIMF

—

PopulationWORLD BANK

3.2M

Tertiary enrolmentWORLD BANK

78%

gross ratio

Vulnerable employmentWORLD BANK

10%

own-account & family workers

Urban populationWORLD BANK

94%

Women and men

MODEL

Based on the real occupation mix of women’s and men’s jobs (ILO).

Women: any exposure 51%

Men: any exposure 30%

Women: highest exposure 14.1%

Men: highest exposure 5.7%

Women are +21.0 pts more exposed, mostly because they hold more clerical and administrative jobs.

How it compares

MODEL

Puerto Rico 40%

High income 35%

Latin America & Caribbean 26%

World 21%

AI preparedness

IMF

Puerto RicoHigh income average

Digital infrastructure 0.08

Human capital & labour policy 0.14

Innovation & integration —

Regulation & ethics 0.14

IMF AI Preparedness Index (2023). The four parts sum to the overall score of — (0–1 scale).

Exposure vs preparedness

Puerto Rico is highlighted. The other dots are all countries with both measures.

Sources: ILO modelled estimates 2025 · World Bank WDI · IMF AIPI · Anthropic Economic Index · Wikidata · Natural Earth. How the estimates are made.

Regions of Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico 40% exposed